Indiana (22-16-2) used a two-out rally to score the winning run against closer T.J. Baker, working his third full inning as the last of four Ball State pitchers on the night. Matt Gorski singled home the game-winning run for the Hoosiers to cap the second extra-inning contest between the teams this season.

Ball State’s pitching staff held the Big Ten’s most powerful offensive team in check throughout the night. The Cardinals led 2-1 through six innings, surrendering the only IU run on a balk by Colin Brockhouse, who threw the opening two innings of the midweek affair.

Ball State (21-20) grabbed the lead with two runs in the third inning. Joe Gunn and Alex Maloney doubled back-to-back, and Matt Eppers followed with an RBI single.

By the ninth inning, Indiana was ahead by one. Ball State still trailed by a single run heading into the top of the ninth. Trent Theisen singled with one out and exited for pinch runner Alex Masotto. Riedel followed with a line drive down the right field line that rattled around the bullpen, allowing Masotto to circle the bases to tie the game.

Baker worked around a pair of base runners in the bottom of the ninth to send the game to extras, but Indiana broke through in the 10th. Laren Eustace was hit by a pitch with two outs, stole second and then came home on Gorski’s single.

Ball State, which recently had a 10-game winning streak snapped, could rather easily have seen the streak reach as many as 13. The team’s past three losses have all come in walk-off fashion.

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